Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

steeper

/stˈipɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.91 in modern English

Syllables: steep-er
IPA: /stˈipɚ/

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

comparative form of steep: more steep

noun

A vessel, vat, or cistern in which things are steeped.

noun

The stem of a shrub or small tree in a hedgerow, often laid by being partially cut through at the base in the process of laying a hedge.

noun

A downpour; a soaking rain.

Example Sentences

"The piping A', B', C' is arranged so that the contents of each cistern can be passed through any one of the steepers. The steepers have perforated false bottoms, shown in plan in Fig. 2, […]"
""Thou may weel say a time like this," replied Ab, switchign the rain from his hat, "for it's a steeper, and nought else. It's I've bin th' weetest back - end we'n had this ten year! down to th' market, an' just as I coom by th' Cross, owd Job Sutcliffe, th' barber, axed me to co' wi' a pair o' razzors he's […]""
"It's a steeper, nah, is this, an' reight an' all."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew- Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp-der.? Proto-Germanic *staupaz Proto-West Germanic *staup Old English stēap Middle English steep English steep English -er English steeper From steep + -er.

Inflected Forms

steepers (plural)

Rhymes With

deeper cheaper keeper sleeper reaper sweeper beeper pieper leeper scheper keiper

Questions

How do you pronounce steeper?: The recorded pronunciation is /stˈipɚ/.
What does steeper mean?: comparative form of steep: more steep
Where does steeper come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew- Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp-der.? Proto-Germanic *staupaz Proto-West Germanic *staup Old English stēap Middle English steep English steep English -er English steeper From steep + -er.

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